Samara Weaving is an Australian actress and model best known for working in films such as Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Ready or Not. Born in Adelaide, Samara moved around a lot in her childhood owing to her parents’ work. Her father was a filmmaker, which is how she initially became interested in working in the showbusiness. She joined drama school when she was a child and made her acting debut doing theatrical plays. She made her on-screen debut with the television series titled Out of the Blue and had her acting breakthrough appearing in the soap opera titled Home and Away. For her performance in the latter, she received an AACTA Award. After working in a few short films, she made her feature film debut in 2013 with Mystery Road, and since then she has appeared in many critically acclaimed films such as Guns Akimbo, Ready or Not and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. She has created a niche for herself in the comedy-horror genre and has repeatedly played key parts in such films. In addition to her acclaimed film roles, she has also been a part of series’ such as SMILF, Picnic at Hanging Rock and Hollywood etc.
